MOHAMMAD IDRIS AND ANR. vs RUSTAM JAHANGIR BABUJI AND OTHERS.

The Supreme Court held that under Section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, an appeal lies as of right from a Single Judge's order to a Division Bench, and no further appeal to the Supreme Court is permissible after such an appeal. The Court rejected the petitioners' claim of having a right to appeal to the Supreme Court, affirming the High Court's finding of gross contempt for breaching an undertaking. The petitioners' appeal was dismissed, and the order of committal to civil jail for one month was upheld.